Prof. Dr. Lena Illert
Current position
Managing Senior Physician (Gesch?ftsf��hrende Ober?rztin) Dpt. of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell-Transplantation, Medical Center University of Freiburg
Medical Co-Director Comprehensive Cancer Cancer Freiburg (CCCF)
Academic training
1996 - 2004 Medical School, Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen
Advanced academic qualifications
2016 Habilitation for Internal Medicine, subject: Signaling of oncogenic tyrosine kinases in lymphoma in leukemia, Technical University of Munich
2004 Doctorate: Autophagosome- and Lysosomebiogenesis of Lamp-2 deficient hepatocytes Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen
Postgraduate positions
Since 02/19 Managing Senior Physician, Medical Center University of Freiburg
Since 01/19 Medical Co-Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg
08-09/2018 IO-Program (CAR-T-cells; ECT) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, USA (Mentor: Anas Younes)
Since 2016 Senior Physician, Medical Center University of Freiburg
Since 2015 Junior Research Group Leader for ��Signal transduction of oncogenic tyrosine kinases��
Since 2013 Attending Physician, Medical Center University of Freiburg
2007 - 2011 Residency and Fellowship in Internal Medicine, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar
2004 - 2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Leukemogenesis Laboratory, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich
Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)
2020 - 2022 Advanced Clinician Scientist Grant, German Society of Internal Medicine
2019 Young-Investigator-Award, German Society of Hematology Oncology (Senior author)
04/2018 Visiting Professorship Penn University, Philadelphia, USA
2017 Eleonore und Fritz Hodeige Preis
2015 - 2018 Brigitte-Schlieben-Langen-Fellow by the Government for Science, Research and Arts of Baden-W��rttemberg
2015 Mathilde-Wagner-Habilitation-Prize
2015 Young-Investigator-Award, DGHO (Senior author)
2013 EIRA-Mentoring Program of the University of Freiburg
2009 - 2013 Abstract Achievement Awards of the American and European Society of Hematology (ASH and EHA)
2005 - 2007 Travel awards for the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting
1999 - 2001 Fellowship German research Foundation (DFG) Graduate College 80